Device to house a surge diverter

Abstract

In a device for housing a surge diverter having electrodes formed as cup-shaped recesses when viewed from the outside of the diverter, provision is made for an angled metal strip which engages the diverter at one end by means of a cylindrical rolled section which form-locks in the recess.

We claim as our invention: 
     
       1. A device for housing a surge voltage diverter having electrodes which form cup-shaped recesses on the outside of the diverter, comprising angled metal strips each having at one end a cylindrical rolled section means for engaging one of the cup-shaped recesses in a form-locking manner. 
     
     
       2. A device as in claim 1, characterized in that the other end of the angled metal strips forms a cable lug. 
     
     
       3. A device for housing a surge voltage diverter as in claim 1, said device having a narrow metal strip means for surrounding at least two thirds of a middle electrode of a surge voltage diverter, and said narrow metal strip means having a cable lug formed at an angled outer end. 
     
     
       4. A device as in claim 3, characterized in that the narrow metal strip means has a groove means for engaging with a projection of a middle electrode of a surge voltage diverted. 
     
     
       5. A device as in claim 1, characterized in that the cylindrical rolled section means is corrugated longitudinally so that contact is produced along a plurality of lines in the cup-shaped recesses. 
     
     
       6. A device as in claim 1, characterized in that the other end of the angled metal strips each have a contact rail connected thereto having projections which engage an insulator. 
     
     
       7. A device for connecting to a surge voltage diverter having hermetically sealing electrodes which form cup-shaped recesses on the outside at each end of a diverter body portion, comprising an angled metal strip for each end of the diverter, each angled metal strip having first and second bends opposite to one another, one end of the metal strip having a spring-like cylindrical portion means for intimate engagement within one of the cup-shaped recesses, the other end of the metal strip having a spade-like cable lug. 
     
     
       8. The device of claim 7 wherein said device has a narrow metal strip means with a groove for engaging a middle electrode of a surge voltage diverter, said narrow metal strip means having a spade-like cable lug. 
     
     
       9. The device of claim 7 in which the spade-like cable lugs are aligned in the same plane.